Selected work

The work behind the ideas.

Six bodies of work in literacy systems, curriculum, and educational product. Each one is the result of asking what readers actually need, then designing, building, and measuring the answer.

01

MorphoMinds® Literacy Ecosystem

A single, coherent literacy system designed end-to-end: curriculum, assessment, a student platform, brand, and the professional learning that surrounds it, all built on the structure and meaning of words.

MorphoMinds website home page

The problem

Most literacy programs teach isolated skills. Students are left to connect phonics, vocabulary, morphology, and comprehension on their own, and the ones who struggle most never do.

The solution

MorphoMinds is a complete literacy ecosystem built on one idea: words are built, and that system can be taught. Every piece, from a workbook page to the diagnostic, reinforces the same structure.

What I built

i.
Curriculum

A five-level morphology-based reading curriculum.

ii.
Assessments

An adaptive diagnostic and progress monitoring.

iii.
Website

Brand site for families, schools, and districts.

iv.
Student platform

A digital learning home with pathways & resources.

v.
Parent resources

Guides, workshops, and at-home practice.

vi.
Teacher resources

Teacher editions, answer keys, teaching scripts.

vii.
Professional development

Workshops and coaching for educators.

viii.
Brand identity

Naming, logo, voice, and visual system.

Deliverables

Word Power Lab Level 3 student workbook cover
Student workbook · Level 3
Word Power Lab unit interior
Unit interior · morpheme study
MorphoMinds adaptive diagnostic
Adaptive diagnostic
02
Curriculum · Published product

Word Power Lab

A five-level morphology curriculum that reads like a published product, taking students from foundational word-building all the way to advanced academic register. Student workbooks, teacher editions, answer keys, and teaching scripts.

Word Power Lab Level 2, Academic Edition
Word Power Lab Level 3, Architecting Meaning
Word Power Lab Level 4

Student workbook covers, Levels 2 through 4 of the Word Power Lab series.

The system

Each unit teaches a morpheme, a prefix, root, or suffix, through a consistent learning arc: Discover, Investigate, Connect, Apply, Master. Repetition and structure are deliberate: they build the automaticity struggling readers never got.

Why it works

  • Thematic vocabulary anchored to memorable stories
  • Visual consistency across every level and unit
  • Built-in assessment and family-engagement activities
  • Roots reference spreads students return to again and again
03
Product · Digital learning

Student Learning Platform

Most literacy professionals never build software. I did. Students needed access beyond the tutoring session, so I designed and built a digital learning platform from wireframes to working product.

The challenge

Learning stalled between sessions. Families wanted a single place for pathways, practice, and progress, and a way to see growth without guessing.

The features

  • Student login & personalized learning pathways
  • Curriculum access & a searchable resource library
  • Parent resources and progress tracking
  • An adaptive diagnostic that places each learner
Adaptive placement diagnostic

The adaptive diagnostic that opens the platform experience.

04
System · Assessment & intervention

Literacy Intervention Design

A repeatable system that turns a struggling reader into a clear plan. It moves from diagnosis to growth in visible, measurable steps, so families and teachers never have to guess whether it's working.

The assessment process

  • Intake & diagnosis
  • Pathway creation
  • Targeted intervention
  • Progress monitoring & reporting

The pathway

Problem → Assessment → Intervention → Growth

Each learner gets a written literacy profile and a one-page sheet they can share with a teacher.

Literacy profile and diagnostic
05
Practice · People

Professional Learning & Coaching

Fifteen years of evidence, turned into something other educators can use. I design and deliver professional development, coach teachers through structured feedback cycles, and mentor new and pre-service teachers.

Workshop topics

  • Morphology & structured word study
  • Vocabulary & literacy across content areas
  • Adolescent & structured literacy
  • Differentiated work plans

Coaching & mentoring

  • Teacher mentoring & new-teacher support
  • SC ADEPT & APEC mentor cycles
  • Instructional coaching & modeling
  • SC 4.0 performance evaluation

Selected stages

SREB · SC AMLE · SC Council for the Social Studies · SC Alliance of Black School Educators · Richland One

See speaking history →
06
Curriculum · District scale

District Curriculum Design

Before MorphoMinds, I authored curriculum at district scale. Standards-aligned units, pacing guides, and Year-at-a-Glance documents, written, rolled out through professional development, and adopted across Richland One.

District curriculum writing

  • Planning & pacing guides (6th & 8th grade)
  • Year-at-a-Glance & instructional resources
  • South Carolina State Standards alignment
  • PD content to roll standards out to teachers

Learning experience design

I built problem-based learning units that wove in diversity, equity, and inclusion, then analyzed assessment data to refine instruction, the same diagnose-design-measure loop I use today.

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